Can Border Patrol agents search your phone? Can you be detained and questioned? Many Maine travelers are asking how to prepare for international travel amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and Canada.
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Searsport woman desperately trying to find fiancé held by Border Patrol
Lucas Segóbia and his friend Marcos Henrique have been shuffled between jails this week after being taken into custody after a traffic stop Monday night.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
US Border Patrol arrests 39 people over 10-day operation in Maine
The agency says most were undocumented immigrants from Central America.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Politics
Hiring freeze, executive orders create uncertainty for federal workers in Maine
In Bar Harbor, businesses are ‘cautiously concerned’ as they wait to learn whether the tourism season at Acadia National Park will be disrupted, the chamber of commerce says.
Posted inNation & World
Migrants stranded when thousands of appointments to enter US are canceled
The Trump administration has ended use of the border app called CBP One that allowed nearly 1 million people to legally enter the United States.
Posted inNation & World, New England
US border patrol agent fatally shot in Vermont, authorities say
The FBI says a suspect in the shooting was killed and a second suspect was injured and taken into custody.
Posted inLocal & State, News
A lightly traveled border outpost in western Maine is getting a $95 million upgrade
Built in 1932, the station at Coburn Gore is 1 of 5 in Maine in line for overhauls with federal infrastructure funds. But the reasons for this crossing’s outsized expense aren’t entirely clear.
Posted inNation & World, News
Border Patrol must care for migrant children waiting in camps, judge says
Advocates say the U.S. government has a responsibility for the children and that Border Patrol often directs migrants to the camps, sometimes even driving them there.
Posted inNation & World, New England
New Hampshire sharply increasing patrols along Canadian border
Gov. Chris Sununu plans to use $1.4 million in state funding to create the Northern Border Alliance Task Force.
Posted inLocal & State, New England, News
Agents added to U.S. northern border as illegal crossings increase
The team, which started on Monday, will help to deter and disrupt human smuggling activities in the sector that includes Maine.